The Rumpus Interview with Madison Young
Madison Young discusses her current projects, Fifty Shades of Grey mania, and how to survive San Francisco’s gnarly rental market as an artist.
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The Knotted Line
Check out this interactive laboratory that allows you to explore “the historical relationship between freedom and confinement in the geographic areas of the United States.” The Knotted Line reveals miniatures…
Post Haste
Fellow Letters in the Mail enthusiasts, take note of this forthcoming exhibit devoted to the USPS as a public service. The multi-media exhibition, Post Haste, will grace Oakland’s MacArthur B…
Moyra Davey
Frieze profiles artist Moyra Davey, highlighting her exploration of interiority and the tension between photography and literature. “…The generosity of her works, their beckoning to the spectator-maker, is paradoxically the…
Sea-Monkeys and X-Ray Spex
Collectors Weekly interviews artist and historian Kirk Demarais about his book Mail-Order Mysteries, which archives the novelties sold at the back of vintage comic books. Demarias discusses the appeal and…
The Rumpus Interview with Lynda Barry
There is a quality that certain historic figures are said to share, a nearly indescribable feeling—not that these figures embody, but that they bring out in whoever they meet.